A south bound lane of Interstate 87 is blocked off by State Police just north of the Twin Bridges for a vehicle that slid off the road on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 in Clifton Park, NY. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A south bound lane of Interstate 87 is blocked off by State Police...

The end of the work day crowd wait for a bus or take to their feet as snow continues to fall on Broadway Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013 in Albany , N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)

A double-fisted snowstorm socked the Capital Region with up to 5 inches Tuesday, but residents may have to exchange their snow boots for galoshes by this weekend.

A morning clipper and an afternoon blitz of hard-falling snow left 2 to 5 inches across the region, with Latham receiving a fluffy 4.5 inches, said Ian Lee, meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Frigid temperatures accompanied the precipitation; the mercury hit a low of 5 below zero at 6:58 a.m. By 4 p.m. it had soared to 9 degrees, Lee said.

The snowstorms created hazardous conditions for commuters, especially those heading home from work in the afternoon. In Colonie, a school bus that slid off Maxwell Road around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday was one of many vehicles unable to negotiate the slick streets. The day's weather added to existing snow from the weekend. By the time snow stopped falling around 5:30 p.m., a foot had fallen at Albany International Airport, Lee said.

A total of 15.3 inches of snow has fallen on Albany this month. The average amount to fall as of this time is 6.5 inches. Last December, only 0.7 inches had accumulated by this time.

The tricky weather will continue later in the week. A frontal boundary is expected to stall across the region this weekend, with two areas of low pressure moving along it, according to the Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to reach the low 30s Wednesday and come close to 40 Thursday, Lee said. Warming could continue through Sunday, when temperatures could hit the 50s, Lee said.

Rain could start falling Friday into the night and continue through the weekend. Flooding is possible.

"We're thinking there's going to be some snowmelt," Lee said. "It's going to be a wet weekend,"